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"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."
Thomas Gray
(12/26/1716
07/30/1771)
English writer
"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all."
Charles Babbage
(12/26/1791
10/18/1871)
English mathematician
Voter: "I'd sooner vote for the devil."
John Wilkes: "And if your friend is not standing?"
(10/17/1725
12/26/1797)
English statesman
"Chaos is the score upon which reality is written."
Henry Miller
(12/26/1891
06/07/1980)
US writer
(relationship with Anais Nin)
"In waking a tiger, use a long stick."
Mao Tse-Tung
(12/26/1893
09/09/1976)
Chinese political leader
"Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles."
Doris Lilly
(12/26/1926
10/09/1991)
US writer
"As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced."
Alan King
(12/26/1927
05/09/2004)
US comic
("Just Tell Me What You Want")
"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it."
"Kin" Hubbard
(09/01/1868
12/26/1930)
US writer
"I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being."
Phil Spector
(12/26/1939
01/16/2021)
US music producer, handgun user
"'Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it,' said the Philosopher."
James Stephens
(02/09/1880
12/26/1950)
Irish writer
("The Crock of Gold")
"That's what we're all about; taking advantage of people."
Lars Ulrich
(12/26/1963
)
Danish drummer (Metallica)
(partner and one child with Connie Nielsen)
"I used to like to break into other people's houses and sit in their rooms. I found it very comforting to be in someone's empty house."
Jared Leto
(12/26/1971
)
US actor
"The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow."
Dian Fossey
(01/16/1932
c. 12/26/1985)
US zoologist
("Gorillas in the Mist")
"Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do."
Curtis Mayfield
(06/03/1942
12/26/1999)
US singer
"All I know is, I don't do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull. All I want 'em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don't bump into each other."
Jason Robards
(07/26/1922
12/26/2000)
US actor
(was married to Lauren Bacall)
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